A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Freeman, Fred

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 2,059
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 834
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.469
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, and, o, in, a, is, this, tae, that, for,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 102 - Burns, Hamish and Sang
Lallans Magazine (2023-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (2,059 words)

Author word Keyness frequencies

This should list the words that the author uses in a disproportionate manner more often than other writers in the corpus. This may include (a) proper nouns (character names in the author's stories), (b) other words related to the specific subject matter and (c) words specific to the regional dialect.
WordCount Normalised
per million		 Keyness
and92 44,681.88197.473
tradeition11 5,342.40115.333
burns15 7,285.0986.143
twaa8 3,885.3884.643
hamish9 4,371.0583.761
henderson8 3,885.3865.824
leiterature6 2,914.0458.310
thyme5 2,428.3657.030
rhetorical5 2,428.3651.860
ensaumple5 2,428.3651.860
mither's6 2,914.0450.542
an12 5,828.0747.154
poesie4 1,942.6942.314
fred4 1,942.6942.314
medieval5 2,428.3639.998
scottish13 6,313.7438.402
ballad4 1,942.6936.507
sang8 3,885.3835.739
music7 3,399.7133.917
attour3 1,457.0232.962
monosyllables3 1,457.0232.962
's4 1,942.6929.990
kyths3 1,457.0229.151
is36 17,484.2228.609
this27 13,113.1628.301
henderson's3 1,457.0227.912
oral3 1,457.0226.891
folk9 4,371.0526.545
in65 31,568.7226.328
leid11 5,342.4026.312
of15 7,285.0925.908
leir3 1,457.0225.267
cultural6 2,914.0425.255
makars4 1,942.6924.953
locks3 1,457.0224.597
jo3 1,457.0224.597
o78 37,882.4724.189
hert7 3,399.7123.482
hi3 1,457.0223.450
colloquial3 1,457.0222.491
curious3 1,457.0221.295
sounin2 971.3521.155
synthesis2 971.3521.155
uisses2 971.3521.155
utterance2 971.3521.155
refrain2 971.3521.155
paittern2 971.3521.155
freeman6 2,914.04nan
kyth2 971.3521.155
john7 3,399.7120.526
art3 1,457.0220.302
our5 2,428.3619.885
sib4 1,942.6919.651
alliterative2 971.3519.433
pruif2 971.3519.433
fetch3 1,457.0219.196
cairrying2 971.3518.252
rogue2 971.3518.252
haw3 1,457.0218.057
gae5 2,428.3618.015
vyce4 1,942.6917.465
flaw2 971.3517.348
studies3 1,457.0216.765
has7 3,399.7116.658
anderson3 1,457.0216.444
instrument2 971.3515.996
throughout2 971.3515.996
souchs2 971.3515.996
brow2 971.3515.996
literary3 1,457.0215.851
mairower2 971.3515.463
bonie2 971.3515.463
soun3 1,457.0214.943
professor3 1,457.0214.483
lallans3 1,457.0213.956
english8 3,885.3813.739
luve3 1,457.0213.475
baith7 3,399.7112.821
aa13 6,313.7412.748
contrast2 971.3512.713
was9 4,371.0512.674
plus2 971.3512.250
principle2 971.3512.250
vairsion2 971.3512.250
symbol2 971.3512.250
university3 1,457.0212.170
wrocht3 1,457.0212.098
mixter-maxter2 971.3512.037
ballant4 1,942.69nan
haill3 1,457.0212.545
kittle2 971.3512.037
verses2 971.3512.037
registers2 971.3511.462
author2 971.3511.462
universal2 971.3511.121
unnerstuid2 971.3511.121
telling2 971.3510.962
hou5 2,428.3610.949
red3 1,457.0210.773
french3 1,457.0210.192
scots17 8,256.4410.136
heich3 1,457.0210.045
belief2 971.3510.001
vairses3 1,457.02nan
collogue2 971.3510.001
linguistic3 1,457.029.996
your5 2,428.369.899
aiblins3 1,457.029.626
makar2 971.359.337
u2 971.359.337
haundit2 971.359.237
relief2 971.359.045
native2 971.358.363
scotland's2 971.358.210
creative2 971.358.137
screivit2 971.358.137
tae27 13,113.167.951
like13 6,313.747.798
style2 971.357.789
it12 5,828.077.607
history3 1,457.027.600
her3 1,457.027.557
one3 1,457.027.258
rose2 971.357.237
sense3 1,457.027.204
ilka4 1,942.697.035
gaes2 971.357.018
wark4 1,942.696.983
itsel3 1,457.026.915
wha5 2,428.366.913
become2 971.356.522
robert2 971.356.476
darg2 971.356.343
union2 971.356.299
pairt4 1,942.696.233
which4 1,942.696.030
ye4 1,942.696.012
letter2 971.355.932
may2 971.355.855
lassie3 1,457.025.797
unco2 971.355.672
luiking2 971.35nan
faurther2 971.35nan
its7 3,399.715.654
fowthsome2 971.35nan
et2 971.355.464
out3 1,457.025.332
hand2 971.355.238
gillieflour2 971.35nan
european2 971.355.086
art'2 971.35nan
she4 1,942.695.206
ma3 1,457.024.879
speakin2 971.354.856
piece2 971.354.748
on6 2,914.044.473
young3 1,457.024.159
bilingualism'2 971.35nan
tongue2 971.354.147
they3 1,457.024.125
leiterary2 971.35nan
dialect2 971.354.082
the141 68,479.844.044
up3 1,457.024.032
gaed4 1,942.693.973
says4 1,942.693.964
not2 971.353.957
cut2 971.353.937
line2 971.353.877
were6 2,914.043.844
at7 3,399.713.546
be5 2,428.363.436
are6 2,914.043.359
by7 3,399.713.303
infuit2 971.35nan
with2 971.353.035
very2 971.353.006
auld6 2,914.042.960
forby2 971.352.868
something2 971.352.738
fell2 971.352.675
wad5 2,428.362.487
neoclassical2 971.35nan
for19 9,227.784.026
me3 1,457.022.422
three3 1,457.022.383
anent2 971.352.269
hae2 971.352.188
language4 1,942.692.149
my4 1,942.692.103
to5 2,428.361.927
though2 971.351.715
thegither2 971.351.662
ane4 1,942.691.634
he13 6,313.741.555
their6 2,914.041.471
end2 971.351.451
simplicity2 971.35nan
much2 971.351.778
or4 1,942.691.355
whaur3 1,457.021.263
scotland4 1,942.691.261
let2 971.351.241
no3 1,457.021.214
doun2 971.351.207
years2 971.351.202
day2 971.351.183
micht3 1,457.021.116
simplicity'2 971.35nan
you2 971.350.914
time2 971.350.895
atween2 971.350.839
gey2 971.350.744
noo2 971.350.638
them2 971.350.596
us4 1,942.690.570
sae2 971.350.543
a55 26,712.000.522
wey3 1,457.020.517
whit3 1,457.020.501
him4 1,942.690.435
wi18 8,742.110.419
mair3 1,457.020.416
aye2 971.350.386
there4 1,942.690.343
than3 1,457.020.323
fae7 3,399.710.316
ain3 1,457.020.294
had2 971.350.257
we7 3,399.710.218
faurthermair2 971.35nan
been3 1,457.020.157
as14 6,799.420.146
gie2 971.350.133
but9 4,371.050.120
gin2 971.350.117
maist2 971.350.108
thon2 971.350.100
paitterns2 971.35nan
that19 9,227.780.091
tak2 971.350.061
ither2 971.350.052
here2 971.350.034
hoose2 971.350.023
first2 971.350.014
his12 5,828.070.003
fowk3 1,457.020.003
ballants2 971.35nan
chivalry2 971.35nan
man2 971.350.002